Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
More George Washington Quotes
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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